Three generations of Native American women—Rayona, Christine, and Ida—share their stories in reverse chronological order, revealing a history of love, secrets, and family ties.
A metropolitan writer confronts the unsettling freedom of a starving, unloved typist from Rio's slums, forcing a re-evaluation of misery, identity, and storytelling itself.
This book traces the twenty-five year journey from abstract atomic theory to the reality of the Manhattan Project and the atomic bomb, which changed human history.
In Beirut, a young poet's first love for Selma Karamy is tragically crushed by tradition and forced marriage, leaving a poignant echo of what could have been and a meditation on human suffering.
Beneath the crushing silence of the Arctic ice, an atomic submarine races to rescue the survivors of a ravaged weather station, only to discover the true enemy is a saboteur lurking among them, ready to kill again.
A pragmatic teen, burdened by her mother's irresponsibility, finds her world upended when she takes a summer job as a domestic servant for a reclusive rock star, igniting an unexpected romance that challenges both their preconceived notions of love and duty.
Doris Kearns Goodwin tells a personal and historical story about the 1960s, using her late husband Richard's archives to show their shared love and their dedication to American history.
In the utopian city of Omelas, perpetual joy is bought by the perpetual suffering of one child, forcing its citizens to choose between complicity and a solitary walk into the unknown.
This revised edition explores John Locke's foundational arguments for legitimate government and individual rights, updated with recent scholarship on his influential ideas.
In a drowned world where Navajo legends walk the earth, a jaded monster hunter must confront ancient evils and her own past to save a missing girl from a terror far greater than she imagined.
Pitcher Jim Bouton exposes the hidden world of 1960s baseball with a rebellious spirit and a keen eye for the absurd, revealing the hilarious, heartbreaking, and human lives of the men behind America's pastime, changing how we view sports heroes.
A wife's perfect world unravels when her husband's suspicious behavior forces her to question if her closest confidante is actually her biggest betrayer.
In a city obsessed with work and social climbing, three children defy a tyrannical system to seek a mythical instrument, the Wind Singer, hoping its ancient voice can free their people from a dreamless life guarded by a monstrous entity and its army of perfect killing machines.
At a boarding school for the terminally ill, a cynical teen discovers that a group of rebels and an unexpected love might just be the most potent medicine for living, even as they face dying.
A WWI veteran, shaped by a boyhood snowball incident and a life of unusual influence, confronts memory, history, and myth as he finds the wonderful in the everyday.
A grieving, socially awkward man goes on a road trip with an unlikely group to find belonging, prompted by a letter from Richard Gere and his mother's final words.
An elderly Russian woman's mind becomes a Hermitage, filled with masterpieces she memorized during the Siege of Leningrad, her only refuge from war and time as her present slips away.
With privileged access to imperial archives, Suetonius reveals the shocking private lives and public reigns of Rome's most powerful rulers, from Julius Caesar's ambition to Nero's artistic whims, in a collection of vivid, often scandalous, biographies.
An American woman's unexpected journey with a nomadic Aboriginal tribe in the Australian outback becomes a four-month experience, revealing ancient wisdom and changing her modern ideas about life, survival, and spiritual harmony.
In the chaotic trenches of a hospital, six idealistic interns confront the brutal realities of medicine, love, and sanity, guided by the cynical wisdom of the Fat Man, as they fight to become doctors without losing themselves entirely.
After a devastating tsunami orphans them, two Indian sisters are thrust into Mumbai's brutal sex trade, prompting an American lawyer to risk everything to free them from a ruthless international network.
